Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy borrowed his punishing work requirement proposal from the conservative think tank pushing to loosen child labor laws.
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On May 27, Henry Kissinger will celebrate his one-hundredth birthday. His centenary couldn’t come at a more symbolic time: Kissinger’s century was the American century, and they’re both coming to a close. Kissinger is probably America’s most controversial and polarising statesman — reviled as a war criminal by his critics, hailed as a master in …
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On this week’s Lever Time, David sits down with Succession executive producer Frank Rich to discuss the series finale.
"The Evil of the Daleks," Patrick Troughton's first story as the Second Doctor, is being adapted as a Doctor Who novel by Frazer Hines, aka Jamie.
Africa continues to be caught up in the proxy wars of Europe and the West, reports Brian Latham
Four members of the St. Louis Fed’s Asian Employee Resource Group shared their stories and what Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month means to them.
Kate Bermingham reports on how the law is being used to make up for climate change failure, as three major cases heading towards the ECHR
Today marks 35 years since the enactment of a piece of legislation that has since become synonymous with the aggressively anti-LGBT+ policy platform of Margaret Thatcher. Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988, banning ‘the promotion of homosexuality’ by councils, was ushered in at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It helped to assert […]
Anna Romandash meets a disabled activist who has led the way in supporting Ukraine's disabled population during Russia's horrific invasion of the country
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A prince of the realm taking on Britain's biggest newspapers is surely newsworthy? Not if you're a reader of one of these titles, writes Liz Gerard
It’s Wednesday and so before we get to the music segment we have time to discuss a few issues. The first relates to the progress Britain is making in its post-Brexit reality. There is now growing evidence that, despite predictions of economists supporting the Remain case, the newly gained freedom that Britain now enjoys as…
For readers already familiar with this website: I have updated the page "Gender and Sexuality" for the moment we are now in, with gender studies increasingly under attack: find it here, or via the title at the top of this page.
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May 24th, 2023: My new book DANGER AND OTHER UNKNOWN RISKS is out now and it's getting really good rev No one seeks to justify the indefinite imprisonment of people who should have been released years ago. Yet it continues. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 18th May 2023 There are those of us who exist in a more or less free society. And there are those who, while also living within the borders […]
They expose Nixon’s policymaking, Kissinger’s key role, and how so many Cambodians came to be killed by U.S. aircraft. The post Transcripts of Kissinger’s Calls Reveal His Culpability appeared first on The Intercept. Any theft “was done by civilian reporters in their wandering about the village,” according to a previously unrevealed Army investigation. The post U.S. Blamed the Press for Military Looting in Cambodia appeared first on The Intercept. Long-buried documents indicate that the true number of civilian casualties in the bombing of Neak Luong may have been nearly twice the official tally. The post Notorious 1973 Attack Killed Many More Than Previously Known appeared first on The Intercept. | ||